Click here for the document/procedure to follow if you have exempted any ESL students from the reading part of the Iowa Assessments. (attachment)
The following text is a direct message from Dr. Jobi Lawrence at the DE.
Esteemed Colleagues,
On behalf of the Iowa Department of Education, I am pleased to provide official notification that the Iowa Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt the English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards created in collaboration with CCSSO and the consortium of English Language Proficiency Assessment 21st Century (ELPA21) states. The ELP Standards were originally presented to the Board of Education in November and were posted for public comment for 60 days prior to that meeting.
The newly developed and adopted standards are currently in the process of being vetted for posting on the Department website and then will be widely distributed with specific training instructions very soon. The new ELP standards will begin to be implemented in the 2014-2015 academic year, with initial training to be provided statewide beginning in late spring and early summer of 2014.
***Please note: Districts are not required to fully implement the ELP standards until the 2015-2016 academic year, however, we anticipate intensive training and district level "unpacking" and "linking" work to begin during the 2014-2015 academic year. Iowa is proud to have been a lead state in the development of the new ELP Standards and look forward to supporting implementation of the College and Career Ready linked standards in the field.
Should you have further questions or concerns related to this notification, please don’t hesitate to contact me at your earliest convenience.
Collaboratively,
Jobi B. Lawrence
Director, Title III
Education Program Consultant
Iowa Department of Education
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